Tyrone Geter

Elgin, SC

My mother once told me, sometimes she felt like she "didn't have no life." That statement, made with such honesty, conviction, and passion, yet free of even a hint of self-pity has throughout my career been one of the guiding principles of my life, and relationship to other, but has also influenced the philosophy of my art.

Her early life was a struggle. Survival was day-to-day and filled with the perils of discrimination, poverty, illiteracy and a host of other dangers inherited from a lifetime of being poor, black and undereducated. Yet she survived and passed her legacy of love, compassion, hope and a sense of "doing the right thing" on to her children.

Years later, I showed her one of my still-life. "Who it going to help and if it ain't going to help nobody, why you doing it?" My mother was more concerned with what my life would contribute than the medium I would use to live it. I took her question to heart and returned to college understanding my art and myself differently.

Artist Website

https://tyronegeter.com